xv, 347 pages : 25 cm

"Since Pakistan was founded in 1947, its army has dominated the state. The military establishment has locked the country in an enduring rivalry with India, with the primary aim of wresting Kashmir from it. To that end, Pakistan initiated three wars over Kashmir-in 1947, 1965, and 1999-and failed to win any of them. Today, the army continues to prosecute this dangerous policy by employing non-state actors under the security of its ever-expanding nuclear umbrella. It has sustained a proxy war in Kashmir since 1989 using Islamist militants, as well as supporting non-Islamist insurgencies throughout India and a country-wide Islamist terror campaign that have brought the two countries to the brink of war on several occasions. In addition to these territorial revisionist goals, the Pakistani army has committed itself to resisting India's slow but inevitable rise on the global stage."--book jacket

Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-332) and index

Introduction to the Pakistan army's way of war -- Can strategic culture explain the Pakistan Army's persistent revisionism? -- Born an insecure state -- The Army's defense of Pakistan's 'ideological frontiers' -- Pakistan's quest for strategic depth -- India under the Pakistan Army's gaze -- Seeking security through alliances -- Seeking security under a nuclear umbrella -- Jihad under the nuclear umbrella -- Is the past prologue? -- The Army's strategic culture and implications for international security

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